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(c)2009 WavyLine.com	Issue No 477 05 Jan 09
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In this issue:

1. Welcome
2. Pirate Attack on Zhen Hua 4
3. Box Clinck
4. BIMCO Agency Seminar in Dubai
5. Tony Ayton
6. And Finally...

1. Welcome

Poem of the Week

The world in the year 2000

It will be covered to a depth of seven
inches by the little white plastic
chips at once soft and repellent
to the touch and with the ability
to bounce like baby beach balls
under the table and under the radiator.
They come in boxes with toasters,
with vitamin pills, with whatever
you order, as packing material : they
will conquer the world. They are
doing it already beginning
with my kitchen.

Marge Piercy, from Stone, Paper, Knife (1994).

New Readers this week include:-

Capt Harry Subramaniam
Roger Moore of Ineos-Nova BV in Breda, Holland
Masato Shinohara of Toka University in Japan
Vince Bennett of Rave Capital in the UK

News of Readers

Mike Foster who worked formerly with Pysdens and the TT Club as Claims Manager has joined Full Circle Marine and Transport.

Contact him at:-

mailto:Mike.Foster@FullCircleUW.com

Lauraine Friday has left the RSA

Note from the Editor

Greetings Readers. Such news as trickled through the long holiday shut down here in England is presented below.

Best wishes for the challenging year ahead--a time when fresh ideas and imagination will be required from us all

Enjoy!

2. Pirate Attack on Zhen Hua 4

The latest edition of the Cargolaw e-zine, published by the LA law firm of Countryman and McDonald contains some gripping photographs and reportage of this attack.

www.CargoLaw.com/2008nightmare_zhen-hua.html

3. Box Clinck

This piece was forwarded by KK Chadha, the HK-based freelancer

Swedish police containerise drunks at remote resort

POLICE in Sweden's northern Varmland coped with drunken New Year's revellers by putting them in a customised shipping container until they sobered up, reports The Local, Sweden's English language news portal.

The container is equipped with ventilation, a simple drainage system (a hole in the floor) and furnished with fireproof mattresses and an inspection window.

The box was used last summer by the local recreation club in Branas in northern Varmland to hold inebriated rally-cross enthusiasts during the European championship week.

The container is set in a fenced-off area at a garage owned by the National Road Administration five kilometres from the ski hill.

"We are probably the first in Sweden to do this," said Peter Akerstrom of the Varmland police detachment. "People go there to have fun. It is probably not quite as fun to wake up in a detention container."

Police say they make use of the box until the Branas alpine area closes after the Easter.

Contact KK at:

mailto:chadha@netvigator.com

4. BIMCO Agency Seminar in Dubai

Nayana Nandkumar, the Administrator of the Dubai Shiping Agents Association (DSAA) writes:-

DSAA is pleased to inform that BIMCO has once again requested us to support their exciting seminar in Feb. 2009 specially catered and designed for the UAE / Dubai shipping fraternity and in return the DSAA members can take the benefit of a special discounted price.

The Seminar event will consist of the following modules.

-->Nature of Agency
Who or what is an ’agent’?
What is ‘agency’?
Agents and principals and third parties: relationships Types of agents in the shipping business
Who are the ‘intermediaries’ and is there a difference with ‘agents’? Some intermediaries in the shipping business

-->Legal issues
Creation of agency
Authority of agents - breach of warranty of authority Legal duties of agents/principals
Statutory responsibilities of agents
Liability of agents: disclosed principals, undisclosed principals and third parties
Rights for payment: commission, accounts
Protection and indemnity for agents
Termination of agency
Agency under different legal systems
International Standards for Maritime Agents

-->BIMCO - FONASBA - UNCTAD - UK Contracts of Third Parties Act - US Restatement (Second) of the Law of Agency

-->Port Working Documents
NOR, LoP, Marine Note of Protest, SOF, Timesheets and Laytime calculations, etc.

-->Some Practical Issues
Ships: Types, cargoes, trades, registry, class, surveys, manning and crew matters, ITF, IMO conventions, P&I matters, ISPS, ISM, etc.

-->Agents and Sea Carriage Documents
Bills of Lading
Hague and Hague-Visby Rules
Signing a Bill of Lading
Booking notes and Mate’s receipts
UNITRAL Draft Instrument
Electronic ‘documents’
Multimodal transport documents
FIATA Bill of Lading
Maritime fraud
Delivery of cargo

__>Agents and Charters
Fixing ships
Roles of agents under voyage and time charters

Highly experienced Facilitators/Speakers will fly in to ensure that the participants received the latest and most valuable materials and information relevant in the present challenges facing the shipping industry globally.

Contact Nayana at:

mailto:dubaisaa@eim.ae

Further course details at:-

http://www.bimco.org

5. Tony Ayton

Padraig Yeates has written in to report the sad death on 30DEC08 of Tony Ayton, Ireland’s first International Transport Workers Federation inspector, following a long battle with cancer. He devoted his life to the trade union movement and had worked for many years as a SIPTU official before being seconded to the ITF in 2000.

He played a pioneering role in highlighting abuses to seafarers working on ships visiting Irish ports and was a tireless campaigner to improve statutory protection for seafarers at both national and international level. He also initiated the Flag of Convenience campaign in Ireland, promoted better marine services and infrastructure and was involved in the Irish Ferries dispute.

Typically he was lobbying politicians and business leaders on issues such as the provision of a Cork-Swansea ferry with guaranteed employment standards for sea farers right up until Christmas. He was forced to retire because of ill-health two years ago when he was replaced by another SIPTU official, Ken Fleming.

He was also very active in the Labour Party throughout his life.
Norrie McVicar, the ITF co-ordinator for Britain and Ireland said today, "Tony was not only a dedicated ITF inspector but he became a personal friend and continued to serve the ITF and SIPTU even up to his last days with us. Our sympathies go out to his wife Eileen and daughter Brenda."

Ken Fleming, ITF inspector for Ireland said, "Tony laid the foundations for ITF work in Ireland and established links with the industry and Government agencies that stood the test of time. It is a tragedy that ill-health cut short his career."
SIPTU General President Jack O’Connor said that, "Tony exhibited all the best characteristics of a committed trade union activist. He was driven by compassion and empathy for people who were less well off than himself, regardless of their country of origin."

Contact Padraig Yeates at:-

padraigyeates@ireland.com

6. And Finally...

This seasonal contribution comes from Randy Cassingham, who runs a very widely read e-zine called This is True. In addition he posts jokes on a site called Jumbo Joke

My resolution last year was to keep a journal -- and I did it! I kept it up the whole year. I thought you'd like to see the entries.

January: Had to take my Christmas scarf back to store -- it was way too tight!

February: Fired from pharmacy job for failing to print labels. I really tried, but those bottles wouldn't fit in the typewriter!

March: Exciting success! I finished the jigsaw puzzle I got for Christmas after only three-and-a-half months -- even the box said "2-4 years"!

April: Missed the deadline for filing income tax due to being trapped on escalator for several hours on my way to the post office (the power went out!)

May: Tried to make Kool-Aid, but the instructions were wrong -- 8 cups of water simply does not fit into those little packets!

June: Tried to go water skiing, but I couldn't find a lake with a slope.

July: Lost breast-stroke swimming competition. Learned later the other swimmers cheated: they used their arms!

August: Got locked out of my car in huge rain storm. Car interior ruined because convertible top was down.

September: Missed getting on "Jeopardy" because I missed the first test question. I was surethe capital of California is "C"!

October: Realized I hate M&M's -- they are too hard to peel.

November: Thanksgiving turkey ruined, even though I followed the directions perfectly (instructions said 1 hour per pound, and I weigh 118. I know you have to prepare big dinners in advance, but 5 days is ridiculous!)

December: Fell off step stool while decorating Christmas tree, but couldn't call 911 -- there's no "eleven" button on the stupid phone!

All in all, 2008 was a terrible year. I sure hope 2009 is better.

http://www.jumbojoke.com/

http://www.thisistrue.com/

P.S.

Many thanks to Paul Dixon's Joke fo the Day ezine for this:-

A MOTHER'S VOCABULARY!

AMNESIA:
Condition that enables a woman who has gone through labor to make love again.

DUMBWAITER:
One who asks if the kids would care to order dessert.

FAMILY PLANNING:
The art of spacing your children the proper distance apart to keep you on the edge of financial disaster.

FEEDBACK:
The inevitable result when your baby doesn't appreciate the strained carrots.

FULL NAME:
What you call your child when you're mad at him.

GRANDPARENTS:
The people who think your children are wonderful even though they're sure you're not raising them right.

HEARSAY:
What toddlers do when anyone mutters a dirty word.

IMPREGNABLE:
A woman whose memory of labor is still vivid.

INDEPENDENT:
How we want our children to be as long as they do everything we say.

POW:
The first word spoken by children with older siblings.

PUDDLE:
A small body of water that draws other small bodies wearing dry clothes into it.

SHOW OFF:
A child who is more talented than yours.

STERILIZE:
What you do to your first baby's pacifier by boiling itand to your last baby's pacifier by blowing on it.

TOP BUNK:
Where you should never put a child wearing Superman pajamas.

TWO MINUTE WARNING:
When the baby's face turns red and she begins to make those familiar grunting noises.

VERBAL:
Able to whine in words.

WHODUNIT:
None of the kids that live in your house..

WEEKEND:
When Dad gets to play golf while Mom catches up on the laundry, cleans the house, runs errands, etc.

JokeoftheDay-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

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